Tom Abercrombie completes an alley-oop pass from Cedric Jackson during the heritage game against the Hawks.

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Dillon Boucher, a member of the original Breakers side, looks for a pass during the heritage game.

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Will Hudson blocks Hawks guard Adris Deleon.

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Tom Abercrombie goes up for a dunk as James Harvey of the Kings looks on.

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Daryl Corletto and Dillon Boucher celebrate the Breakers' hot start against the Kings.

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Mika Vukona goes for the easy lay-up.

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Daryl Corletto nails a three on his way to 14 points in the first four minutes against the Kings.

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Corey Webster shoots over Kevin Lisch on his way to a career high 14 points.

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CJ Bruton celebrates a three pointer.

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Cedric Jackson lays the ball up over Perth's Matt Knight.

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Tom Abercrombie loses a shoe as he goes for a dunk over Greg Hire.

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Jeremiah Trueman of the Wildcats and Alex Pledger of the Breakers compete for the ball.

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Mika Vukona celebrates a late basket with CJ Bruton.

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Dillon Boucher goes for a steal during the Breakers 92-84 win over the Wollongong Hawks.

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Tom Abercrombie takes a jump shot during the game against the Hawks.

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Cedric Jackson shoots under pressure from Wollongong Hawks players.

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Cedric Jackson makes a pass around Oscar Forman of the Hawks.

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Tom Abercrombie shoots a jumper during the win over the Hawks.

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CJ Bruton entertains the crowd during a break in play.

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Breakers player Corey Webster scores a layup against the 36ers.

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Tom Abercrombie slam dunks the ball.

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Breakers' Mika Vukona drives at 36ers' Stephen Weigh.

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Breakers' Corey Webster takes on 36ers' Anthony Petrie.

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Breakers' Dillon Boucher celebrates the team's 13th straight win.

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Tom Abercrombie of the Breakers hangs on the hoop after dunking the ball.

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Mika Vukona goes after the ball against Cairns.

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Cedric Jackson shares a hug with Dillon Boucher after the thrilling win over Cairns.

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Mika Vukona of the Breakers lays the ball up.

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An injured Mika Vukona is helped off the court during the Breakers' clash with the Tigers.

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Dillon Boucher waves to Breakers fans for the last time ahead of the game with the Tigers.

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Christopher Goulding of the Tigers tries to block Dillon Boucher during their clash at the North Shore Events Centre.

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Tai (left) and Corey Webster enjoy some time on court together in the final quarter of the win over the Tigers.

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Reuben Te Rangi drives past Lucas Walker of the Tigers.

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Tom Abercrombie soars high for one of his three alley-oops in the opening quarter of the win over Melbourne.

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Alex Pledger pulls down a rebound in the regular season finale against the Wildcats.

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Cedric Jackson mulls the loss after the Wildcats defeated the Breakers in Perth.

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Dillon Boucher tries to deny the pass for Jesse Wagstaff during the Breakers loss to the Wildcats.

Cedric Jackson may not be the saviour for the Lakers’ woes, but he’s doing just fine for his New Zealand Breakers thank you very much.

One rather over-excited media outlet made a huge leap of faith from an American hoops writer’s kite-flying tweet this week, suggesting the in-form Breakers point guard could be the solution to the problems of the superstar-laden Los Angeles Lakers of Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol et al.

Though Jackson remains firmly on the NBA radar, as he’s been for the last couple of seasons, it seems highly unlikely that the Lakers look to New Zealand to solve issues that run a lot deeper than the injuries to the their top two point guards Nash and Steve Blake.

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CEDRIC JACKSON: "There's no rest ... we are getting ready for a tough game in Cairns ... we are on a mission."

Never mind. The way Jackson’s playing he must find a gig sooner or later in the Association. But in the meantime he’s taking care of business impressively with his Breakers in the Australian NBL.

After a bit of a quiet outing in Sydney last weekend, the mercurial American was back to his MVP best tonight as he put his team on his back and led them to a bounce-back 97-76 victory over the Cairns Taipans.

Jackson was efficiency personified as he finished a special night with a career-high 32 points (11/13 FG, 2/3 3PT), five rebounds, eight assists and three steals. Just another night at the Action Jackson office as he went round Taipans defenders all game like they were cardboard cutouts.

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Veteran Dillon Boucher was also not going to miss the party as the Breakers celebrated not just Christmas in front of 6677 fans at Vector Arena, but their 36-year-old power forward’s 200th game for the club.

Boucher obliged by turning back the clock to produce his first double-figure scoring display since February of 2010, underlining what a crucial figure he remains, even in his farewell campaign.

He finished with 10 points, made all four of his field goals, and added three boards and five assists in a crisply efficient display.

It was also good to see big Alex Pledger back in the groove, the Chief going six-of-10 for 13 points to go with four rebounds and three blocks as the Breakers took their record to a league-best 9-3 and made it nine home wins in a row over the Snakes.

Even Tom Abercrombie managed to shake out of his form slump, following up a scoreless first half with nine second-half points to hint at better things to come.

It had been the Jackson show in the second quarter as the former Cleveland State standout took over a game locked 18-18 at the end of a rather tentative opening period.

Jackson had 16 points in the quarter to finish the half with a perfect 18 points on six-of-six shooting, alongside four rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals.

With the American attacking the rim with impunity, the Breakers finally found some rhythm over the second quarter, edging out by 14 at the half and a decisive 20 (72-52) at the end of the third period.

From then on this game was over as the Breakers head into a four-game holiday period road stretch with their confidence well and truly restored.